#cb85ef

Color #cb85ef

A vivid, highly saturated light purple.

Closest named color Violet #ee82ee · ΔE 13.29 Nearest Tailwind class purple-400 #c27aff · ΔE 4.6

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Conversions

HEX

#cb85ef

RGB

rgb(203, 133, 239)

HSL

hsl(279.6, 76.8%, 72.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(279.6, 44.4%, 93.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(15.1%, 44.4%, 0%, 6.3%)

LAB

lab(66.29, 45.09, -42.97)

LCH

lch(66.29, 62.29, 316.38)

OKLCH

oklch(72.8%, 0.1639, 313.34)

HWB

hwb(279.6, 52.2%, 6.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a9ef85

Analogous

#9685ef

#cb85ef

#ef85de

Triadic

#cb85ef

#efcb85

#85efcb

Split-complementary

#cb85ef

#deef85

#85ef96

Tetradic

#cb85ef

#ef85a9

#a9ef85

#85efcb

Square

#cb85ef

#ef9685

#a9ef85

#85deef

Shades

Color #cb85ef mixed toward black.

#b44ee8

#9a1ddb

#7416a4

#4d0e6e

#270737

Tints

Color #cb85ef mixed toward white.

#d499f2

#dcaef4

#e5c2f7

#eed6fa

#f6ebfc

Tones

Color #cb85ef mixed toward gray.

#c88ee6

#c597dd

#c29fd4

#c0a8cc

#bdb1c3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.58:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.14:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.14:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b1b1db · ΔE 16.5

Deuteranopia

#b5bad6 · ΔE 19.2

Tritanopia

#c8cac6 · ΔE 32.4

Achromatopsia

#a1a1a1 · ΔE 26.2

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #cb85ef;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#cb85ef]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#cb85ef (#cb85ef) is rgb(203, 133, 239) in RGB.

No, #cb85ef is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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